nicolette lives here, but until recently, she had no idea that her drinking water contains levels of arsenic which far exceed those considered safe. each leader contains 15 micrograms of the poison -- each liter. >> we did not know there was our sec in the water. i think most people still are not aware of it. to date, nothing has been done abt it. we simply have not been informed. >> but thanks to the european union, that might be about to change. at the beginning of this year, it threatened hungary with sanctions after issuing warnings about the poor water quality in the region for over a decade. now with the help of the national army, filtration systems are quickly being assembled in this factory building. they are to provide the worst- affected villages with cleaner water. >> we have the situation completely under control. the government has contracted to produce these systems. they put 19 million euros at our disposal. by the middle of the year, we will be setting up 200 such containers in the affected villages. >> in the long run, the communities could eliminate the need for fil